> and its customers can still drive it on the same roads and buy fuel from the same gas stations
Of course. And anyone can build a phone that is charged from a wall socket and communicates using standard mobile protocols.
> If you wanted to buy iPhones to mod and resell, they stop you from putting your own operating system on it, and their operating system doesn't have drivers for your custom components.
This industry is much younger. I wouldn't guarantee that Land Rover lets you even today mod its software system, but possibly it does, but then again, it also is in an industry that's been around 100+ years.
Of course. And anyone can build a phone that is charged from a wall socket and communicates using standard mobile protocols.
> If you wanted to buy iPhones to mod and resell, they stop you from putting your own operating system on it, and their operating system doesn't have drivers for your custom components.
This industry is much younger. I wouldn't guarantee that Land Rover lets you even today mod its software system, but possibly it does, but then again, it also is in an industry that's been around 100+ years.